Monaco vs Marseille Predictions

• Monaco have won 12 of their last 20 home Ligue 1 matches.
• Marseille have won only two of their last 14 away Ligue 1 games (Drawn six, Lost six).
• Marseille have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 10 games.

Miserly Monaco may grind out much-needed win 

Monaco have had an awful start to their 2021-22 campaign but remain fundamentally the same squad that finished five points off the top last season.

Niko Kovac’s side were denied a Champions League group stage berth thanks to a couple of brilliant goalkeeping displays from different Shakhtar Donetsk custodians and have fallen into some traps laid by their domestic opponents.

They have suffered a little from bad finishing too with main striker Wissam Ben Yedder nowhere near his best, but they have a superb midfield and centre-back options.

The visit of Marseille offers the Monegasques the chance to kickstart their season and dent the confidence of one of their likely rivals for a future European berth.

The Olympians are unbeaten so far after three games but are suffering some fallout from their abandoned fixture against Nice with centre-back Alvaro Gonzalez suspended for this one.

In a worrying recent trend, Marseille have conceded the first goal of the game in their last nine away trips.

Although they found a way to battle back from 2-0 down to win at Montpellier in August, it’s unlikely they could win at Stade Louis II that way.

Monaco have won 10 of the last 13 home games where they scored first and we like their chances of shutting things down should they find the net first on Saturday.

Kovac’s side are second only to Nice for expected goals against in Ligue 1 and we believe it may need them to score just once to see off a Marseille side that have punched above their weight so far this term.

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